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Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Paris Sketchbook

Last month we went on a course trip to Paris for 5 days. It was my first time there and a wonderful experience.

I recorded most of my impressions and observations in my sketchbook and felt as if I was seeing so much more by doing so because drawing really does make you look in different ways.

It was pretty cold so I had to adopt a relatively quick way of working which really helped to loosen up my drawing and had a greater impact on my overall drawing approach than I could have anticipated. It certainly helped me to value the act of drawing much more than the final outcome.

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Anja Uhren is a German illustrator and writer, currently based in the UK where she studies Illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth. Her greatest passions are drawing and traveling and she loves nothing better than combining the two.